Guidebook for Rio de Janeiro
Food Scene
Excellent French place, serving mostly crepes. Best all-around place to eat nearby.
169 recommandé par les habitants
Le Blé Noir
19 - A R. Xavier da SilveiraExcellent French place, serving mostly crepes. Best all-around place to eat nearby.
Great lunch-counter-style restaurant serving traditional Brazilian fare. A local favorite.
50 recommandé par les habitants
Braseiro
214 R. Domingos FerreiraGreat lunch-counter-style restaurant serving traditional Brazilian fare. A local favorite.
Pretty standard Italian in a great location, popular with local theater scene.
196 recommandé par les habitants
La Fiorentina
458 A Av. AtlânticaPretty standard Italian in a great location, popular with local theater scene.
Capricciosa
187 R. Domingos FerreiraPassable pizza, a little pricey.
OK brunch place, where you can sit outside on the street. Tends to fill up quickly.
355 recommandé par les habitants
Café Cardin
327 Rua Carlos GóisOK brunch place, where you can sit outside on the street. Tends to fill up quickly.
Expensive, but one of the only places to get passable French pastry.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Guerin Padaria & Confeitaria de Paris
920 Avenida Nossa Senhora de CopacabanaExpensive, but one of the only places to get passable French pastry.
Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana, 861
861 Avenida Nossa Senhora de CopacabanaBest gelato nearby. Really excellent.
R. Constante Ramos, 35
Best a kilo restaurant nearby. Formerly known as Caçarola de Barro.
R. Gustavo Sampaio, 323
323 Rua Gustavo SampaioClosest vegetarian cafe with OK food.
Nearby vegetarian restaurant. Food feels like 1970's hippy fare: more morally correct than delicious.
Rua Xavier da Silveira, 28
Nearby vegetarian restaurant. Food feels like 1970's hippy fare: more morally correct than delicious.
Arts & Culture
Kinoplex Roxy
Good standard cinema nearby.
Everything Else
Saturdays 7:30 - 13:30. Fantastic selection of organic fruits and vegetables, local cheese, raw milk, honey, grains, flowers, etc.
21 recommandé par les habitants
Praça Edmundo Bitencourt
Praça Edmundo BitencourtSaturdays 7:30 - 13:30. Fantastic selection of organic fruits and vegetables, local cheese, raw milk, honey, grains, flowers, etc.
R. Barata Ribeiro, 752
Good bike shop. Repairs and rentals possible.
Private post office branch. Tends to be much faster and less frustrating than its government-run counterpart at Rua Dias da Rocha, 55.
R. Raimundo Corrêa, 10
Private post office branch. Tends to be much faster and less frustrating than its government-run counterpart at Rua Dias da Rocha, 55.
Shopping
Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana, 776
Macaroons, chocolates and other French delicacies.